The $ 100 Birthday party challenge- countdown begins........

The Birthday party is next Saturday and I have 8 days to go. I am doing quite Ok as yet only spent about $35 that leaves me with $65 for food,activities,cake etc.
will that be enough !!! I have 8 confirmed guests and 3 maybes. Any suggestions
on Princess Party menu can feed about 12 kids under $25 ??

Easy Cupcake Bouquet for Valentines Day

Valentines Day is nearly here,there is a lot of excitement in our house.Here is the first in a series of craft & recipe ideas for the day.I fell in love with the Cupcake
bouquet idea its so cute and economical,flowers look nice but are quite expensive so
why not try something that's not just pretty,its edible too!


I began with mini cupcakes with pink frosting with pink sprinkles

Here's a closeup of the rose petals I tried.

I used a low pot I had at home with green silk flowers as base.

Toothpick on the cupcakes as stems

Here is my final creation




Tomorrow a basket of love

A Special Birthday Gift.

My Sister-in-law's birthday is coming up. Its 15 Aug actually, but since my parents were heading over there. We decided to send her gift early.I usually stick to gift cards as it does away with having to recycle gifts & being fake polite.How many bath & body sets does a person need!!!

But earlier this year we had bought these beautiful pair of earrings from zihuatanejo.



The girls kinda felt left out, they wanted to send something too. So we baked a batch of our fav cupcakes

Rhea had fun icing it.

Rhea's gift was ready.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ISHITA